Highfield Infants' School, Bromley

Ofsted's report card from its 30 June 2026 inspection grades Highfield Infants' School on 7 areas: 2 exceptional and 5 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Exceptional. "Pupils achieve remarkably well and make substantial progress from their starting points."

Attendance and behaviour - Exceptional. "Leaders have established a culture in which families and pupils fully understand and value the importance of regular attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Pupils relish their learning because the curriculum is rich and exciting."

Early years - Strong standard. "The early years is a vibrant, busy and exciting area of the school."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Inclusion lies at the heart of the school's work."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders set a clear and aspirational direction for the school which is understood and valued by staff, parents and carers."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have a clear and ambitious vision for pupils' personal development, firmly placing it on an equal footing with their academic achievement."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Those with responsibility for governance should strengthen governance arrangements to further support the realisation of the school's strategic priorities"; "Embed the current highly responsive teaching further by ensuring that staff address misconceptions swiftly so that pupils deepen their knowledge".

For September 2026 entry, 76 families put Highfield Infants' School as their first choice and 267 named it as one of their preferences, for 86 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Highfield Infants' School are Highfield Junior School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 95% reading, 97% maths); Harris Primary Academy Shortlands (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 84% reading, 82% maths); St Mark's Church of England Primary School (0.4 miles, Outstanding, 92% reading, 80% maths); and Valley Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 88% reading, 89% maths).

Highfield Infants' School is one of 20 schools run by Nexus Education Schools Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

2.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 6 pupils (2.4%) received SEN support and 3 (1.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Shortlands Rail Station, about 1000 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Highfield Drive (->s), 260 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Highfield Infants' School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 416 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Bromley (188), as is usual near a town centre.

Highfield Infants' School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Highfield Infants' School are Orion Ravensbourne (0.8 miles), Langley Park School for Girls (1.1 miles), Langley Park School for Boys (1.2 miles) and Harris Academy Beckenham (1.3 miles).